There are still some bargains out on the waiver wire both short term and long. Here are our pickups for this week along with our ‘Must Add’ player of the week…

Carlos Delfino-SG/SF- Rockets- If your roster is in need of points and threes primarily, then Delfino’s your guy. Although he tends to be a bit streaky, he has scored in double-digits in his last seven straight; not scoring under 14 points in any of them! He also has dropped 24 three-pointers over those seven games. More fringy stats that he can offer you are one steal and 3 boards a game, on average. Available in 2/3 of leagues.

Ed Davis-PF/C-Grizzlies- Here is another player that’s been red hot! He has double-digit scoring in his last 11 games! Now that Davis has been traded in the 6-player deal for Rudy Gay, he’ll serve mainly as a backup to Zach Randolph so check out the kind of minutes he gets before making this move.In leagues where you have two starting centers, Davis is ideal. Over his last four games he’s averaging 13.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks while on the floor 32 MPG. Currently owned in about 40% of leagues, Davis should be watched in deeper leagues until it’s clear how much of a role he’ll play in Memphis.

Jerryd Bayless-PG/SG- Grizzlies- Just when Bayless was going to see a rise in his minutes at shooting guard, starting PG Mike Conley goes down with an ankle injury. It’s not yet known how long Conley will stay be but based on Bayless’ averages over his last four games; 14.0 points, 5.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and just under 31 MPG, we are making him out ‘Must Add’ this week. Barely owned in 10% of Yahoo! leagues, if you’re in need of someone that can stuff a stat sheet consider Bayless before he’s gone…

Amir Johnson- PF/C-Raptors- More of a fill-in in deeper leagues and as a perminent part in others, Johnson has had a productive January for himself and his owners while Jonas Valanciunas has been out. His monthly averages are 13.7 points with 8.0 rebounds. However, even after Valanciuna’s return, if your’e in deeper leagues and a 10 PPG and 6 RPG season average will help you than try to see if he’s available. Chances are, as he’s owned in 45% of most leagues, he might not be- but he’s definitely worth a look.

Nate Robinson-PG/SG-Bulls- Nate ‘The Great’, the former exciting Knick guard has been turning it on lately but beware as he can have an off-night or two frequently. For now though, the little guy has poured in double-digit points over his last seven straight games and his averaged, over his last four, 16.8 points, 3.5 boards, 4.8 assists, 1.8 threes, and 1 steal. Playing about 25 minutes per game he can be of help to those in 12+ leagues or deeper roto leagues and is widely available in approximately 3/4 of most leagues.

Other than for cap reasons, the Rudy Gay deal doesn’t do much. Alan Anderson will lose his minutes, the Landry Fields trade in the off-season is now even more questionable than ever, and Brian Colangelo continues to make drastic moves in an effort to fight for his job. Ed Davis, probably the best player the Grizzlies picked up will now become a backup to ball hog Zach Randolph.
Toronto who is 27th in scoring in the league will get a little added boost from Gay but other than that they will remain uncompetitive. It’s a case of “Much ado about nothing”.

Yes Alan, do take the Grizzlies off that dark horse list. Losing Gay will make them drop from a quasi-elite status to a more pedestrian team.
I don’t know when you chose the Warriors; whether it was before or during the season, but not many saw that coming in year two of Mark Jackson’s tenure. I personally am so happy for him because he should have been coaching 5-6 years ago- not 2..

They (Memphis) has a salary cap problem which resigning Gay would have exaserbated. The trade does nothing for the Grizzlies. Ed Davis is a nice pick up but he’ll just serve as Zach Randolph’s back up. The team is just not the same anymore and expectations have been lowered since the trade. Shame…

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